Chapter 404

Chapter 404

My Life Simulator Chapter 404

2021-10-14

Chapter 403 The territory of the vassal state, that is, the territory of the Ming Dynasty

Lu Li's move to block the maritime frontier has a huge impact.

The officials, eunuchs and gentry in the coastal areas hardly ever go to sea to run ships or do overseas trade.

Originally, after Lu Li killed the Japanese pirates, maritime trade broke out and became more prosperous.

However... Lu Li's move to ban the sea and borders strangled everyone by the neck, and no one could move.

Dare to cross the border? The ships in Xu Ge's hometown were all sunk!

The sea borders are banned, the mountains of goods cannot be transported out, and a huge amount of silver is consumed every moment.

The ban must be lifted as soon as possible, so that Lu Li cannot continue to ban Haijiang.

But...how do I get Lu Li to unblock it?

The first thing that officials habitually think of is... impeachment! Spray Lu Li to death! Let him be disgraced and even imprisoned.

Under Xu Gelao's instigation, the Imperial court officials were rubbing their hands and preparing to launch a massive wave of collective impeachment, causing Lu Li to be disgraced and imprisoned.

At this time, Zhang Juzheng quietly reminded Xu Ge: "Aren't you afraid of turning Lu Li back? Once Lu Li rebels..."

Hearing this, Old Xu Ge shivered all over, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

For those who do not have the strength to rebel, or even simply will not rebel, the civil servants can unscrupulously rant, and they can unscrupulously slander the other side for rebelling.

But... people who really have the ability to rebel, they must not spray indiscriminately. If the other party really raises the anti-flag, the consequences will be disastrous.

If Lu Li is turned against, who can control it? It might be time to change the dynasty. What a shit?

Even Lu Li doesn't need to be a rebel, as long as he comes to the "Qing Jun's side", it's easy to break into the capital and pick off Xu Ge's head.

The routines of those previous political struggles are meaningless to use on Lu Li, and even bring about a killing disaster.

"Taiyue, you can write to Lu Li to discuss everything. It's easy to discuss everything! I am also from Huating, and Lu Li and I are from the same town. We should be watching and helping each other. There is no need to be so stiff."

p>

After recognizing the reality, Mr. Xu Ge was stunned in an instant.

This is normal. In the face of swords and guns, scholar is the fastest to admit counsel.

"Yes!"

Zhang Juzheng quickly took the order and immediately wrote a letter to Lu Li. There were no words of admonishment, all of which were about friendship and ideals. .

However, everyone understands what it means.

Lu Li received Zhang Juzheng's letter with a smile on his face, "Isn't this right? In this world, the truth is in the hands of guns and guns. Dare to fight against Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will be a Cao Cao Can't you?"

Afterwards, Lu Li once again made a memorial, please set up the Ministry of Shipping Industry.

Along with the memorial, there is also the Ministry of Shipping Industry setting plan written by Lu Li, including staffing, financial accounting, tax rate standards, tax and fee distribution, etc., and the planning is very detailed.

Even Lu Li set up a "Detection Division" unit in the Ministry of Shipping Industry, and 5,000 soldiers were dispatched from the Nanzhili Guards to serve as the Ministry of Shipping Industry's tax detective team to attack the Tax evasion and smuggling.

Under the deterrence of completely banning the sea and borders and cutting off maritime trade, the Imperial court officials were very angry, but they could only recognize Lu Li's arrogant and domineering actions.

The Emperor Jiajing received the "Please set up the Ministry of Shipping Industry" memorial proposed by the cabinet, and saw that the cabinet proposed "feasible", a strange smile appeared on his face.

Obviously, this was an Imperial court official who fought against Lu Li, but Lu Li beat him up, and after suffering a dull loss, he could only admit it obediently and honestly.

Actually, in addition to this official memorial, Emperor Jiajing also received a secret letter from Lu Li.

In this secret book, Lu Li gave the Emperor Jiajing a detailed description of the maritime trade along the southeast coast, claiming that the benefits of maritime trade in one year were worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

Set up the Ministry of Shipping Industry and strictly implement the tax payment standard. The Ming treasury will receive tens of millions of tael of silver. Emperor Jiajing's internal treasury was divided into several million, or even tens of millions of silver tael every year.

How could sea trade have such benefits?

Although Emperor Jiajing was smart, he had never been exposed to this information, and some couldn't believe it.

It's just...even if you don't have so much money, with more than one million silver tael every year, the cultivation fund will be more abundant.

Then try it out!

Immediately, Emperor Jiajing decreed to establish a Ministry of Shipping Industry in Songjiang, Ningbo, Quanzhou and Guangzhou to start the taxation of sea trade.

As for the "Sea Prohibition Order" and the ancestral law of "no sails can go to sea", no one has mentioned it, and no one has cared about it.

I really think scholar cares about the ancestral law? What about Emperor Hong Martial Sovereign's ancestral method of corrupting fifty silver tael and then flaying the skin and filling it with grass? Why didn't I see scholar upholding this ancestral method?

Everything is just profit.

The imperial decree was issued, and the Ministry of Shipping Industry was quickly established in various places.

With the 5,000 "detective teams" dispatched by Lu Li, the Ministry of Shipping Industry was formed without any hindrance at all.

Those who wanted to stumble and sway in the Ministry of Shipping Industry, faced with the icy guns and knives, died in an instant.

The idea of "burning the Ministry of Shipping Industry on fire" doesn't dare to come out at all.

Don't think it's strange, the civil servants and scholars of the Ming Dynasty, what can't they do?

Eunuch Court Eunuch, who was sent to collect taxes by the emperors of Ming Dynasty, did not know how many were killed by them. Various warehouses, government treasuries, and even the Ministry of Shipping Industry, "fires" emerge one after another.

Why did Emperor Ming Dynasty reuse Court Eunuch? Why set up police uniforms, Eastern Yard Western Yard in-house factory? Isn't it just to fight with the civil servants?

Don't think that the Court Eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty were all "sores on the head and pus on the soles of the feet", and the ones that were bad were all hacked by the civil servants.

Don't think that Imperial Capital in the late Ming Dynasty was born mentally retarded, all of which were deliberately tossed out by the civil servants. Daming emperors who died strangely, the cause of their death...hehe.

Lu Li For most of the civil servants in the Ming Dynasty, they never believed in their integrity. Only under the deterrence of martial power can they be honest.

The Ministry of Shipping Industry is composed of Court Eunuch, Imperial court officials, and Lu Li's detective team. Under the restraint of the three parties, coupled with the deterrence of martial power, can the Ministry of Shipping Industry go smoothly. Taxation, otherwise... I don't know when it will become a channel for civilians to make money.

Overseas fleets are still patrolling the sea frontiers. Any ship without a Ministry of Shipping Industry tax payment certificate will be punished as smuggling and all property will be confiscated.

There are destroyers at sea and detective teams on the shore. Who would dare to disobey?

The Ministry of Shipping Industry was officially established. Countless maritime merchants who were stuck on the coast by Lu Li, after paying their taxes obediently and honestly, went to sea one after another.

Just this wave of tax payments made the Ministry of Shipping Industry collect more than five million silver tael in taxes.

The Ministry of Accounts received four million silver tael, and finally there was money in the empty treasury.

The Jiajing Emperor also received millions of silver tael.

I'm going! Is it really so profitable? Emperor Jiajing smiled. Not bad. Starting a Ministry of Shipping Industry is a good idea. My cultivation funds are more adequate.

After finishing the Ministry of Shipping Industry, Lu Li turned his attention to overseas.

……

February of the 42nd year of Jiajing.

The North is still World of Ice and Snow, but the Southern Sea area is sunny.

On this day, Lu Li assembled his fleet and set off from the Sanya base on Qiongzhou Island, heading south for grandiose.

In addition to the Northern Sea Fleet and Eastern Sea Fleet patrolling the sea frontier, Lu Li assembled 30 destroyers and hundreds of transport ships, moved towards Annan Da Nang.

Since Lu Li drove the Japanese pirates into the Southern Sea, Lu Li's army was stationed in Qiongzhou Island and did not continue to pursue southward.

The Japanese pirates were kicked away by Lu Li, so naturally the ship did not carry enough supplies. To survive, you can only rob.

So...after August last year, Japanese pirates looted all over the South China Sea. The areas of Jiaozhi, Annan, and Champaign were naturally badly harmed by Japanese pirates.

On this day, a group of Japanese pirates burned, killed and looted near Da Nang, looting a large number of supplies, and was preparing to board the ship to return.

At this time...one after another huge black smoke rose from the distance.

A huge fleet, riding the wind and waves, roared.

"The Marquis of Huating is coming!"

"The black clothed army is coming!"

"Run!"

Japanese pirates They were so ashen-faced that they didn't even care about the materials they looted and the women they caught, and they turned around and ran away.

Some fled inland, while others fled in a hurry.

"Marquis, do you want to sink them?"

Admiral Zhang Wei, pointing to the fleeing Japanese pirate ship, asked Lu Li.

"It's okay to fire a few guns, a few hits, and a few symbolic boats to sink."

Lu Li smiled and waved his hand, "I'm still waiting for them to give I'm leading the way!"

"Yes!"

Zhang Wei quickly took the lead.

Amid the roar of cannons, several Japanese pirate battleships running behind were sunk, and other Japanese pirate battleships fled.

Lu Li didn't bother to chase, so he gathered the fleet and landed in Da Nang.

An army of tens of thousands of people rushed directly into Da Nang and occupied it.

Immediately, all kinds of materials were unloaded, laborers came in, and vigorous base construction began.

A flag of the sun and the moon is erected high on a hill outside Da Nang, and the bright flag flutters in the wind.

Countless Annan people inside and outside Da Nang looked at the sun and moon flag fluttering in the wind with complicated expressions on their faces.

This is Daming!

It has been more than a hundred years since the Yongle Great Emperor conquered Jiaozhi, and Daming is back!

The city of Hue, north of Da Nang.

Annan Hue King Tran Van Li, received the military report and saw the Daming army landed in Da Nang, and suddenly shuddered.

"The Heavenly Dynasty sent troops into Da Nang, how good is this!"

The King of Hue's face was pale, and he was at a loss as he sat on the Dragon Throne.

Daming actually sent troops to attack when he didn't pay tribute for a few years? Do you want to be so cruel!

It has nothing to do with me who once attacked the border of the Ming Dynasty is the Jiaozhi Li Dynasty in the north!

"Your Majesty, you..."

"Don't call me Your Majesty, call me Your Majesty. I am the King of Hue of the Ming Dynasty, how can I become an emperor?"

p>

The King of Hue was stunned, "Hurry up! Hurry up and demolish everything in the city of Hue that is beyond the control. This king is on the list and asks for a tribute to the Ming Dynasty."

Next, the city of Hue began to demolish illegal buildings everywhere.

A embassy also headed towards Da Nang, ready to inquire about the intentions of the Da Ming soldiers.

A few days later, the envoy sent by the King of Hue arrived in Da Nang in a hurry.

When I came to Da Nang, this official from the Ministry of Rites named Ruan Yuzhang saw that Da Nang had become a big construction site in front of him. He was stunned for a long time without came back to his senses.

"Stop! Who are you?"

The patrolling soldiers stopped the mission and asked with guns.

"Xiaguan, under the command of the King of Hue of Annan, Ruan Yuzhang, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites."

Ruan Yuzhang bowed his hands to the patrolling soldiers, "Please pass the message on the soldiers of the Heavenly Dynasty, and the lower official will come to visit. Commander of your Ministry."

"Left Servant of the Ministry of Rites? Or an official?"

The patrol squad leader glanced at Ruan Yuzhang, nodded with a smile, "Do you want to see my Marquis? Okay? , I'll take you there!"

Said, the patrol squad leader led Ruan Yuzhang and his party into Da Nang.

In a house outside Da Nang, Ruan Yuzhang met Lu Li.

"Xiaguan, under the command of the King of Hue of Annan, the left servant of the Ministry of Rites, meet the Great General of the Celestial Dynasty!"

Ruan Yuzhang bowed deeply to Lu Li with a very respectful attitude.

“I’m not the Great General.”

Lu Li laughed and said: “This officer, Lu Li, Huating Hou, Zhuguo General, Nanzhili Governor and Southern Sea Governor, It's still Level 3 away from the Great General!"

"It turns out that the Huating Hou is here, forgive my sins!"

Ruan Yuzhang bowed deeply again, and then asked Lu Li Said: "I wonder if Marquis is here this time, can he help the country?"

"You are so bewildering, are you trying to ask my purpose?"

Lu Li Chao said Ruan Yuzhang glanced at it and said with a smile: "Annan is a vassal of Daming. I, Daming, have the obligation to protect the vassal. This marquis learned that Japanese pirates looted Annan, burned, killed and looted, and the people were struggling, so I hereby lead the army to come to pacify the Japanese."

"Uh...this..."

Hearing this, Ruan Yuzhang's face stiffened.

A vassal is just a name. Even the symbolic tribute "Peacock Feather", the King of Hue of Annan has not given it to Daming for several years, who really thinks he is a vassal state?

Nowadays, the Marquis of Huating of Daming came to lead the army to garrison Da Nang in the name of protecting the vassal state. This...how can this be good?

"Marquis, although there are Japanese pirates and bandits in Annan, it is not a cause for concern. There is no need to bother the Chinese army to come to pacify the Japanese."

Ruan Yuzhang quickly resigned, not wanting to let Lu Li Occupy Da Nang.

"It's not a question of whether to be troublesome or not!"

Lu Li stood up, put his hands behind his back, glanced at Ruan Yuzhang, and said with a smile: "The land of the Daming vassal , that is the territory of Daming. As the governor of the Southern Sea, this lord should have the responsibility to protect the land and the people. The sacred mission of the Daming soldiers to protect the territory cannot be questioned!”

From a legal point of view, the vassal The king of the country belongs to the vassal vassal of Da Mingzi, and the territory of the vassal state is also the territory of Da Ming in name.

It's just...no one takes it seriously.

Now, in the name of protecting the Daming vassal state and the Daming territory, Lu Li leads the army to occupy Da Nang, which is completely just and honorable. No one can refute it.

The King of Annan of Hue does not agree? You do not admit that this is the Daming vassal state, and that this is the territory of Daming? Are you going to rebel?

That's right, the 10,000 troops stationed in Da Nang have nothing to do! Do you want to try whether Daming's guns are sharp?

Da Nang is just the first step. Cam Ranh Bay in the north and Champaign (Mekong River Delta) in the south must open up bases, garrison troops, and protect the territory of Ming Dynasty!

(end of this chapter)